Dr. Iki Adachi Named Clayton Endowed Chair of Surgery

Iki Adachi, MD, associate professor of surgery in the Division of Congenital Heart Surgery and Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support at Texas Children’s Hospital, has been awarded the Clayton Endowed Chair in Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Support from Texas Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Adachi received his M.D. from Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine and completed cardiovascular training at National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. As a recipient of the Fontan prize from European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dr. Adachi spent two years conducting clinical studies at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London in England. Dr. Adachi joined Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine in 2010. He has been serving as the Director of VAD program since 2012 and is dedicated to working towards the development of technologies to save lives of children with severe heart disease.